OIC faces resistance as Maldives says no to action against India | India News – Times of India

India’s strategically situated neighbour in the Indian Ocean, Maldives, has come to its rescue earlier than an more and more hostile OIC. Malé advised the OIC in an handle this week that singling out India for Islamophobia wouldn’t simply be factually incorrect but in addition detrimental to non secular concord in South Asia. Malé additional declared that it wasn’t going to assist any action by OIC which singled out India. For India, the assertion popping out of the OIC member-state may be very reassuring at a a time the organisation, which describes itself as the collective voice of the Muslim world, has stepped up assaults on India over not simply developments in J&Ok but in addition the alleged discrimination against Muslims. The Maldives Permant Consultant in New York, Thilmeeza Hussain, mentioned that whereas her nation stood firmly against Islamophobia, xenophobia or any type of violence to promote political or another agenda, it additionally believed focusing on a selected nation will probably be like facet-stepping the true difficulty. “In this light, let me state that singling out India, the largest democracy in the world and a multicultural society and home to over 200 million Muslims, alleging islamophobia would be factually incorrect. It would be detrimental to the religious harmony in the South Asian region,” mentioned the official, including that Islam had existed in India for hundreds of years and that it was the second-largest faith in India, accounting for 14.2% of the nation’s inhabitants. The highest diplomat, who can be the Maldives ambassador to the US, additional mentioned “isolated statements by motivated people and disinformation campaigns” on social media shouldn’t be construed as consultant of the sentiments of 1.three billion. “Therefore, the Maldives cannot support any action within the OIC, that singles out or targets India,” Hussain added. This was even as she acknowledged that the world had seen an alarming rise within the tradition of hatred, prejudice and racism and that violence had been exploited as a software to promote political and different ideologies and agendas. Regardless of India’s rising ties with the Gulf countries, the 57-member OIC as a complete has remained extraordinarily essential of India on points associated to J&Ok and what it known as a vicious marketing campaign to malign Muslims for the unfold of Covid-19 within the nation. India had responded by describing the feedback as not simply deeply regrettable but in addition factually incorrect and deceptive. Earlier this week, flowing modifications within the domicile certificates guidelines in J&Ok, the OIC’s human rights commission rejected India’s “illegal actions” which it alleged was meant to alter the demographic standing of the union territory and violate of UNSC and OIC resolutions. In a press release which Pakistan was fast to welcome on Wednesday, the OIC additionally known as upon the worldwide group to “gear up” efforts to resolve the J&Ok difficulty in accordance with UNSC resolutions and as per the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.